Chen Ai currently lives on traditional lands of the Bunurong People. She have been living for almost 20 years in Australia but she has her origins in South-East Asia.

Chen Ai comes from a background in molecular biology and has worked in various laboratories ranging from human genetics to bacteriology for more than 20 years. She joined Healthy Trajectories in late 2024 as a Project Officer to learn and grow in the area of project management – which has long been an interest for her. The bonus is that Healthy Trajectories focuses their research in an area very close to her heart!

Outside of her work with Healthy Trajectories, you can find her in the laboratory with students – science-ing away. When she is not at work, she enjoys figuring out how to make traditional ‘kuehs’, listening to podcasts and going down ‘rabbit holes’ because of said podcasts.